The Breakdown

I had so much fun creating this winter themed outfit for Sunglass Hut! The entire “Snow Bunny In The City” look was inspired by their sophisticated Vogue tortoise framed gradient sunglasses. With a classic and modern design these Vogue sunglasses offer a sophisticated timeless look. They feature brown plastic frames and brown gradient lenses. For added detail, there is unique hinging near the temples and the Vogue signature sits on the arms. They’re perfect for protecting your eyes from the icy glare of the city streets.

For this look, I wanted to layer on the neutrals in shades brown with pops of sophisticated red. The outfit was built upon warm and cozy textures including a cable knit scarf, sweater dress, sheepskin gloves, and shearling lined boots. The winter-white belted trench and crystal snowflake earrings add in a touch of snow bunny glamor.

Holiday Sparkle By Baby Phat

This holiday season, it’s all about the bling and you don’t need much more sparkle than the gorgeous holiday apparel from Baby Phat. Revel like a glitterati in Baby Phat, the brand notorious for girl’s night out glamor that will have you standing out at your next holiday event. Their high-style dresses sport sequins and metallics mixed with sheer accents for a luxe look.

I chose the peplum sequin dress above as my fav from Baby Phat’s holiday collection and they’ve offered up this dress to two lucky readers! The scoop neckline, sheer mesh inset in front and back, sweetheart bodice, keyhole closure at back, peplum hips, and fitted silhouette is so on trend right now. Let this dress be your ultimate accessory this season by pairing it with simple black platform heels, silver bangles and hoop earrings. No other bling is necessary in this stunning sequin covered dress.

How To Win

Baby Phat is giving away the peplum dress featured above to two lucky readers. Follow @TheLooksForLess and @babyphat on Twitter and tweet the answer to the following question for a chance to win – “What will you be wearing this holiday season?” Be sure to include #babyphatholiday in your tweet. This giveaway ends 12/31/12. US residents only please.

Update: And the winner is… Cynthia C! Congrats! I will email you shortly to get you set up with the giveaway. This contest is now closed to further entries. Thanks so much to everyone that entered.

Previous: We have a winner for our $250 American Express Rewards gift card. Congratulations to Sarah L.!!! I’ll contact you soon to get you set up with your giveaway.

If you’re not the big winner, we have another giveaway for you all. One lucky reader has a second chance to win a $50 American Express Rewards gift card. In addition to these gift card giveaways, don’t forget that American Express card members have an opportunity to earn American Express points by referring friends – card members get 5,000 points for every referral (the equivalent of a $50 gift card)!

How To Win

American Express is giving one lucky reader a $50 American Express gift card! Please leave a separate comment for each entry (comments must be approved).

Required: To win a $50 American Express gift card, comment to this post to let me know what would you would buy with 5,000 Membership Reward points!

Additional Entries: – Tweet this contest (up to once daily using the Twitter button below), like this contest on Facebook (using the Facebook button below), follow TheLooksForLess on Twitter, like TheLooksForLess on Facebook, sign up for TheLooksForLess newsletter (right sidebar).

Remember to leave a separate comment for each entry. US residence only please. Contest ends 11:59 pm PST November 13th and a winner will be chosen at random on November 14th.

I received a gift card for my participation with American Express as part of this campaign. The giveaway is sponsored by American Express. All opinions expressed in this post are 100% mine. Please read my full disclosure for this sponsored post.

Fall fashion has arrived at Walmart’s The Fitting Room! In case you haven’t heard, The Fitting Room is an online destination where you can go to find the latest trends offered up at Walmart.com. Walmart’s style has been revamped, and some of my favs include their huge selection of blazers, chunky knit sweaters, fall boots, denim, and work apparel.

Walmart also enlisted the help of a few top bloggers to style their favorite picks from The Fitting Room including Shauna Miller of Penny Chic and Marie Denee of Curvy Fashionista. Check out their videos and fashion picks at The Fitting Room. Tina Knowles, Beyonce’s mom, also has a collection of oversized blouses and tunics, cocoon sweaters, trousers, skinny pants, and drape-front tops for all shapes and sizes.

The Fitting Room has also launched a Pinterest profile! Follow along to pin all your favorite fall fashions at Walmart’s super low prices!

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Win A $250 American Express Rewards Gift Card

My favorite part about back to school was always refreshing my wardrobe with a few new pieces every fall. Is there anything more important that first week than organizing your Monday through Friday outfits lol?

American Express challenged me to put together an entire back to school wardrobe including apparel, accessories, shoes, a backpack, and a gift card for school supplies using up to 50,000 Membership Reward points, or the equivalent of $500. My favorite pick is the biker poncho – when I realized it was only $35, I couldn’t add it to my cart fast enough!

Check out American Express’ back to school selections for cashing in your Membership Reward points, and refer friends to American Express to earn even more rewards!

How To Win

In addition to the Membership Reward points I earned for this post, American Express is also giving one lucky reader a $250 American Express gift card! Please leave a separate comment for each entry (comments must be approved).

Required: To win a $250 American Express gift card, comment to this post to let me know what would you would buy with 25,000 Membership Reward points!

Additional Entries: – Tweet this contest (up to once daily using the Twitter button below), like this contest on Facebook (using the Facebook button below), follow TheLooksForLess on Twitter, like TheLooksForLess on Facebook, sign up for TheLooksForLess newsletter (right sidebar).

Remember to leave a separate comment for each entry. US residence only please. Contest ends 11:59 pm PST October 16th and a winner will be chosen at random.

I received a gift card for my participation with American Express as part of this campaign. The giveaway is sponsored by American Express. All opinions expressed in this post are 100% mine. Please read my full disclosure for this sponsored post.

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Fixing my hair is by far the most time-consuming task of my morning! I envy my friends that wash-and-go as they let their beautiful straight hair air-dry. For me, that will never happen! I have curly hair, but not pretty curls. My hair is all over the place with inconsistent waves in the front and is mostly straight in the back lol. After I take a ton of time to straighten my hair every day, I step out into this Florida humidity and fight frizzies by literally applying lip gloss that I have on hand to the strays that are sticking straight up lol. Suave Professionals®, help!!!

Suave Professionals has launched a new Keratin Infusion™ 30 Day Smoothing Kit, and I can’t wait to try it! The kit is part of the NEW Suave Professionals Keratin Infusion range.

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The Keratin Infusion 30 Day Smoothing Kit is designed to help eliminate frizz for people with curly to wavy hair and leaves hair smoother, more manageable and easier to style for up to 30 days.

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Silkies – Luxury Tights & Shapewear at Affordable Prices

‘Tis the season for tights, leggings and shapewear! I’m guessing that most of us are not attending holiday parties in a full-length dress, so we need a little coverage in this cold weather. I have to admit, I hadn’t checked out Silkies in quite a while and I am beyond excited about their selection! And guess what, it’s all affordable! Most items at their site come in at a price tag of under $30, including the adorable Snowflake Cable Toggle Boots and Cable Knit Slippers featured above.

Silkies offers a variety of styles that make you look good and feel great and come in several comfort-fit sizes, including plus sizes. I’d LOVE to try Sculpz by Silkies body and leg shapewear! Sculptz uses technologically advanced fabrics that are lightweight and breathable and their unique sculpting panels comfortably lift, smooth and sculpt your figure, freeing you to wear what you want with confidence all day, every day!

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